Cleveland Museum of Art
The Annunciation
Paolo VeroneseLinkedCulture matchlcp-77ddf44e0982
- Date
- c. 1580
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Culture
- Italy, 16th century
- Department
- European Painting and Sculpture
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Object ID
- 127572
From the Cleveland Museum of Art record
Although Veronese is best known for his large-scale, pageant-like presentations, here the artist has taken the narrative of the Annunciation (the announcement of the angel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary that she would conceive and bear a son) and compressed the figures close to one another, creating a startling intimacy. According to a tradition established by the medieval writer Saint Bernard, Mary has been reading from the Old Testament prophecy of Isaiah (7:14), "A young woman is with child and she will bear a son." The white lilies held by Gabriel are a symbol of Mary's purity and innocence, often appearing in depictions of the Annunciation.
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- Credit line
- Gift of the Hanna Fund
- Provenance
- 1950-: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio | Until 1950: (Rosenberg & Stiebel, New York, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) | Probably 1933 - c. 1950: Albert Koppel, Switzerland and Toronto, Ontario, consigned to Rosenberg & Stiebel | Probably 1913-1933: Leopold Koppel [1854-1933], Berlin, by descent to his son, Albert Koppel | Until 1913: Balboni collection, Venice, probably sold to Leopold Koppel
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